9 months old,6/98 

14 months, 11/98 

   The 9 month old tank is the best picture I have captured from my camcorder. In the middle is a elegant coral with pulsating xenias left and right of it. More on the right side of the tank are red mushrooms, further down right is a false brain coral with multiple polyps, and far lower right corner is an anenome. On the left side of the tank are brown star polyps, below right of it is a flower anenome, and further right of it is a brain coral.
  The 14 month old tank displays the ever multiplying Xenias and mising is the elegant coral which was removed on the 9/98, unknown for expiration, but my LFS does have a 73 degree tank with the same coral. Also notice my sabae anenome settling on top wedge in the rocks. Also my sand anenome rock has been hiding for the past two months behind the sabae anenome.

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 My regular maintenance include kalkwasser dose at about 3 gallons per week. Weekly dose of Reef complete and plus by SeaChem, Coral Vite by Kent Marine, and I stop using Coral Vital from Marc Weiss due to alot info on the newsgroup. 20 percent natural ocean water change per 2 weeks. Reef Builder and Marine Buffer by SeaChem, once a month, but on my biweekly alkalinity check, I may or decrease dosage.

• Cabinet stand and light hood.
• 55 gallon reef-tank
• 10 gallon sump-tank
• 10 gallon quarantine-tank with 15 watt light hood
• Bio-Life 55 wet/dry filtration system (quarantine tank)
• Visi-Jet protein skimmer modified(in the sump-tank)
• Sea Storm 100 fluidized bed filter (mounted side the reef tank)
• Hagen 802 powerhead in sump tank for chiller and UV to reef tank flow thru.
• Two Maxi-Jets 1200 powerheads for reef tank water current
• Two Rio 600 powerhead for the fluidized filter and skimmer
• Rio 200 powerhead for sump circulation
• Two 4' Triton flourescent bulb enhancer (light reflectors)
• Electronic Ice cap ballast 430 (drives two 4' VHO bulbs)
• 30 watt flourescent ballast (drives one 30 watt sunrise/sunset actinic bulb)
• 4' Coralife VHO 110 watts actinic flourescent bulb
• 4' Coralife VHO 110 watts 10k flourescent bulb
• 3' Voltarc actinic 30 watts flourescent bulb (for sunrise/sunset effect)
• 15 Watt Aquanetics ultraviolet sterilizer (bulb replaced 3/1/98)
• Two timers, one for the main VHO bulbs, the other for sunrise/sunset effect
• 1/6 hp Aquanetics inline chiller
• UPS power backup for surface directed powerhead and hood fan only.